The procedure, done Aug. 19 at the Florida Hospital Celebration Health campus, was announced Sept. 3. Since then, several more of the robotic implants have been done, and more are coming next week.

It’s a big deal for Orlando, as the Tel Aviv, Israel-based global robotics company now calls the City Beautiful its U.S. home. It's another example of Orlando becoming a medical destination, which helps boost the economy through medical tourism and helps to grow the high-wage industry.

Answer: It places an electrode in the brain so it can counter the signals that are happening, that tremor, to even it out and get rid of it. We provide precise trajectories and placement.

Question: What does this mean for Central Florida becoming a medical destination?

Answer: What you’re seeing here is you’re getting some first-in-the-world advances in Orlando. We have a great medical community, with some best-in-the-world surgeons, so it’s definitely something that shows this is where innovation is happening.

Question: So you guys are eventually going to locate in Florida Hospital’s BioResearch Center. Tell us about your location in Orlando now?

Answer: Currently, we’re in the Plaza South in downtown, suite 1,850, in about 6,000 square feet. We’ve been here since April. We have marketing, sales support, a comptroller, operations manager, office manager, a training manager.

Question: So how many employees do you have now?

Answer: Right now, we’re at 15 employees. We’ll be adding more as the year goes on. Eventually, the plan is for 30 to 40 employees in this headquarters.

Question: Is there any research being done here?

Answer: Research and development is done in Israel, but our vice president of research comes here every four weeks. We have access to the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, and that allows them do a lot of the research and development work through this office.

Question: So what else is Mazor working on?

Answer: We’re advancing our offerings in spine and spinal robotics. The launch of cranial and brain applications will be some of the big things.